Unic Press UK: The football players of Associazione Sportiva Roma, an Italian professional football club commonly referred to as A .S. Roma, have offered to forgo four months salary to support their club at this time of great uncertainty caused by a COVID-19 pandemic.
In a letter the A. S. Roma players pledged support for the club and its charitable causes, and expressed readiness to start playing as soon as the football season comes back to life.
The #ASRoma players wrote to CEO Guido Fienga to volunteer a financial solution that will see them forgo their salary for four months to help the club during the #COVID19 crisis. pic.twitter.com/94tWFpAbaX
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) April 19, 2020
Update on COVID-19 globally as at 19 April 2020 – worldometers.info
- Confirmed cases: 2,404,818
- Deaths: 164,922
- Recovered: 624,849